Abstract: The J. C. Hurewitz papers consisted originally of a collection of printed materials, much of it relating to the history of
the British mandate of Palestine. This part (Boxes 1-22) includes numerous publications issued by various Zionist parties
in the period leading up to the creation of the state of Israel. The increment to the papers greatly expands the volume of
the collection, making it a significant addition to the holdings of the archives on the history and politics of the Middle
East. The incremental materials reflect Hurewitz's professional involvement with the region over a period of more than fifty
years, beginning as a U.S. government analyst and then continuing during a long and distinguished academic career as a professor
of political science at Columbia University. The increment consists of speeches and writings; a subject file of clippings,
articles, and reports; correspondence and conference materials; photocopies of documents; and printed matter.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

Creator:
Hurewitz, J. C.

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Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1998, with an increment in 2012

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Biographical Note

1914

Born, Hartford, Connecticut

1936

B.A., Trinity College

1937

M.A., Columbia University

1943-1945

Senior political analyst, Office of Strategic Services

1946

Political adviser to the U.S. Cabinet Committee on Palestine

1949-1950

Political affairs officer, UN Secretariat

1950

Author,
The Struggle for Palestine

1950

Ph.D., Columbia University

1950-1984

Professor of government, Columbia University

1953

Author,
Middle East Dilemmas

1956

Author,
Diplomacy in the Near and Middle East: A Documentary Record

1969

Author,
Middle East Politics: The Military Dimension

1974

Author,
Middle East and North Africa in World Politics: A Documentary Record

1979

Author,
The Persian Gulf: After Iran's Revolution

2008

Died

Scope and Content of Collection

The J. C. Hurewitz papers consisted originally of a collection of printed materials, much of it relating to the history of
the British mandate of Palestine. This part (Boxes 1-22) includes numerous publications issued by various Zionist parties
in the period leading up to the creation of the state of Israel. The increment to the papers greatly expands the volume of
the collection, making it a significant addition to the holdings of the archives on the history and politics of the Middle
East. The incremental materials reflect Hurewitz's professional involvement with the region over a period of more than fifty
years, beginning as a U.S. government analyst and then continuing during a long and distinguished academic career as a professor
of political science at Columbia University. The increment consists of speeches and writings; a subject file of clippings,
articles, and reports; correspondence and conference materials; photocopies of documents; and printed matter.

Hurewitz was a prolific writer, and the increment contains drafts of his major works, including volumes he edited. It includes
drafts of an unpublished third volume of his
The Middle East and North Africa in World Politics: A Documentary Record, as well as multiple drafts of another unpublished work, "The Tangled Web: The Struggle for the Mandate's Succession." The
increment also contains numerous scholarly articles written by Hurewitz for various journals, as well as more topical articles
written for magazines and newspapers. The initial focus of Hurewitz's research was on the history of the British mandate of
Palestine, but he wrote on many other subjects relating to the Middle East and North Africa, ranging from Ottoman era diplomacy
to the various attempts to negotiate a peace settlement between Israel and the Palestinians.

The extensive subject file in the increment largely follows Hurewitz's original arrangement and headings, and consists principally
of clippings, articles, and reports. It includes detailed information on the history of the British mandate of Palestine and
the complicated series of events leading up to the partition of Palestine and the founding of the state of Israel. Additionally,
there are numerous materials relating to the Suez Crisis of 1956, the Algerian war of independence, the 1967 and 1973 Arab-Israeli
wars, and the series of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians in recent decades. There are accounts of the many
issues involved in these negotiations, including the status of Jerusalem and the general question of Palestinian sovereignty.
There are other materials describing the Israeli political landscape and the tension between religious and secular forces
in the country. The subject file also documents the role played by the United States in the Middle East from the aftermath
of World War II until the Iraq War.

Materials in the increment relating to Hurewitz's teaching career can be found under the headings for academic career file.
These include correspondence, conference papers, and summaries of meetings held by Hurewitz with officials and academics during
his trips to the Middle East and elsewhere. There are also copies of a number of lectures on Middle East history, notes for
other lectures given by Hurewitz, and records kept of his various research trips.

Hurewitz's interest in the diplomatic history of the Middle East led him to acquire a large number of monographs and pamphlets
devoted to this subject. The printed matter in the increment includes numerous British government publications relating to
mandatory Palestine and copies of both American and British treaties negotiated with countries of the Middle East. The increment
also contains many photocopies of British government documents from the Public Records Office, as well as some declassified
U.S. government documents. All these relate to British and American policies in the Middle East, and include reports on various
countries in the region.